Charlotte Observer - THE YEAR IN QUOTES - 12/31/06

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Charlotte Observer | 12/31/2006 | THE YEAR IN QUOTES

Posted on Sun, Dec. 31, 2006

THE YEAR IN QUOTES

"Like doing Tennessee Williams on the deck of an aircraft carrier."

Actor ADAM MCKAY, remembering shooting conditions for "Talladega Nights" during a race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

"Hello, Dan, you sorry sack of (expletive)."

JIM BLACK, greeting reporter Dan Kane of the News & Observer after dropping his bid for a fifth term as speaker.

"Now the public can not only wear my clothes, they can sit on my couch."

DONALD TRUMP, announcing the Trump Home furniture collection by Lexington Home Brands.

Lew Powell affirms that no warrantless surveillance was used in the gathering of this evidence.

"We ship to all correctional institutions."

A bookstore sign, exemplifying the decline of Eastland Mall.

"He's fixin' to be in the middle of getting his rear end whipped."

STONY RUSHING, seeking a recess so he could follow up on his differences with fellow Union County commissioner Hughie Sexton.

"There's more of a common bond -- you can complain about your children together."

Sun City resident LILA JOSEPHSON, 63, praising the development's focus on older adults.

"Does the plant symbolize anything?"

N.C. Lottery commissioner JIM WOODWARD, scratching his head over the streaks of green dominating a proposed lottery logo. (Actually, they were meant to represent fireworks. A new logo was ordered.)

"Yeah, he looked sorry when he was out there doing doughnuts."

MATT KENSETH, looking askance at Jeff Gordon's apology for having bumped Kenseth out of his way at Chicagoland Speedway.

"A lot of heinie-chewing."

REP. PRYOR GIBSON, D-Anson, anticipating legislators' response to Jim Black's yielding the speakership.

"Like a bag of Skittles poured on Albemarle."

"American Idol" finalist KELLIE PICKLER, marveling at the sea of pink, purple, green and yellow Pickler T-shirts welcoming her home.

"Our message to the Chinese is, `When you build a wall to oppress your people, can we sell you some bricks?' "

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, criticizing U.S. trade policy.

"She held the book up to her bosom, and when Oprah holds something to her bosom, that's it."

RON CLARK, former Beaufort County fifth-grade teacher, explaining how his "The Essential 55" became an overnight best-seller.

"Sign vomit."

Town commissioner SUSAN MEDLIN, recoiling at Cornelius's excess of roadside election signs.

"I haven't found anybody in the history of history who's been able to change history."

NASCAR driver TONY STEWART, declining to dwell on a Daytona 500 in which he nearly wrecked at least twice, wrecked Matt Kenseth and was penalized twice.

"I've arrested bank robbers who've had the same excuse."

Mecklenburg Sheriff JIM PENDERGRAPH, responding with little sympathy to "sad stories about folks wanting to come up here and have a better life and earn money for their family."

"They got the munchies."

Stallings Police SGT. MIKE KANE, explaining the motive of a couple charged with breaking into a Domino's Pizza, where they baked a batch of brownies, and possessing a marijuana pipe.

"Sleep is just kind of annoying."

SAGAR INDURKHYA, Charlotte 17-year-old, sharing his priorities while preparing a science project -- "Engineering Synthetic Oscillatory Gene Networks at the Population Level" -- for national competition.

"I'm worried about letting this opportunity pass me by without making the best of it and was wondering if you had any advice as to how to spin this to my advantage."

KIM ROBERTS, "second dancer" in the Duke lacrosse case, exploring her career options in an e-mail to a New York public relations firm.

"Dude! Do you have a shower webcam?"

JON STEWART, reacting to candidate-in-waiting John Edwards' promise that his Web site would soon offer "something new and exciting."

"Of course, some of it could be cops just watching the game and not responding."

GEOFFREY ALPERT, criminologist at the University of South Carolina, offering a caveat about his research showing a dropoff in crime during the Super Bowl.

"No whackadoodles."

JANIS SPINDEL, Manhattan matchmaker, setting the bar for Carolinas women wanting to audition for a meaningful relationship with the anonymous but well-heeled Mr. Bachelor.

"That kind of says it all right there."

MARCUS KINDLEY, candidate for chairman of the N.C. GOP, pointedly noting that opponent Linda Daves had been "in charge of `Victory 2006.' " (Daves won.)

"So where is it? Hovering aimlessly over Kansas City?"

"Marketplace" commentator ROBERT REICH, complaining that Bank of America had put a two-week hold on a check from Massachusetts he had deposited in his California account.

"And somewhere in the hills of Virginia and North Carolina, an entire generation of liquor haulers is turning in its grave."

The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, sighing over Toyota's plans to enter its Camry in NASCAR's Nextel Cup competition.

"What this evidence tells you is that when you're walking around these guys' house, make sure you have your shoes on."

Durham lawyer MARK EDWARDS, dismissing as irrelevant the abundant DNA samples found in the Duke lacrosse party house.

"I told them the truth about themselves. They didn't like it."

"American Idol" audition discard RHONETTA JOHNSON of Charlotte, summing up her lengthy rant at judge Paula Abdul as a camera followed her out onto the street.

"Imagine the countless Southern sagas Ravenel has weathered. All those tea parties, all those breakdowns. That's enough Spanish moss to crochet into a life-size replica of King Kong."

Hillsborough novelist ALLAN GURGANUS, marveling that Shannon Ravenel survived 20 years of editing the annual series "New Stories from the South."

"Everyone has enthusiastically said, `Absolutely -- I'd love to come out... ah, how do I get there?' "

LISA LEWIS DUBOIS, wife of UNC Charlotte chancellor Phil Dubois, accepting the challenge of outreach to Charlotte.

"They got their cut."

JIM BLACK, expressing amazement that ophthalmologists would oppose his eye exam bill.

As others see us...

"I wasn't exactly going to work for Estee Lauder."

Marketing executive THAYER LAVIELLE, acknowledging that jaws dropped when she told colleagues she was leaving L'Oreal in Manhattan for JR Motorsports in Mooresville.

"North Carolina, that is."First Lady LAURA BUSH, in a White House ceremony honoring the Museum of the New South, clarifying the location of "Charlotte."

"That's the story from Jacksonville. So long, everybody."

Fox Sports TV announcer DICK STOCKTON, signing off after the Panthers-Dolphins game ... in Charlotte.

As we see others...

"Do you want to take your wife and kids and walk the streets a few blocks away from the Hall of Fame in Atlanta?"

Team owner FELIX SABATES, spinning out Charlotte's last rival for the NASCAR museum.

As we see ourselves...

"We generally just blow up our buildings."

Charlotte architect DAVID FURMAN, expressing doubt about the availability of old warehouses to convert to artist housing.

"I go up there and do literature and come to Raleigh and do laundry."

Novelist KAYE GIBBONS, revealing how she divides her time between New York City and North Carolina.

"We're nuts! We're all nuts!"

DONALD FOWLER, veteran S.C. Democrat, psychoanalyzing his party of "different people from different backgrounds" who "see things differently both in terms of style and issues."

"A big-city feel, but redneck-friendly."

TIM NEWMAN, president of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, conjuring up a slogan to lure tourists.

[werss]

aww I remember that. She's so cute

[kcboy231982]

Thats a good quote.

[lilMCpickler78]

Thats cool!!

[mckenzie361]

Awesome, I remember that!

[Countrygal919]

Love that quote!

[CortneyChristin]

haha! That was so cute when she said that